TABLE 5.

Antigenic S_j similarity among Bartonella isolate pairs as revealed by SDS-PAGE and immunoblotting with antiserum to B. henselae

Isolate no.	Bartonella isolate	Antigenic similarity (Sj; %) among Bartonella isolatea:
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
1	B. bacilliformis		56.0	56.0	56.0	48.1	48.1	48.1	48.1	48.1	NT	60.9	50.0	22.2	25.9	30.4	33.3
2	B. henselae	34.7		100	100	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	NT	64.3	60.7	23.5	26.5	30.0	32.1
3	B. henselae	34.7	100		100	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	NT	64.3	60.7	23.5	26.5	30.0	32.1
4	B. henselae	34.7	100	100		75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	75.0	NT	64.3	60.7	23.5	26.5	30.0	32.1
5	B. henselae	45.7	76.3	76.3	76.3		100	100	100	100	NT	56.7	48.4	26.5	25.7	29.0	26.7
6	B. henselae	45.7	76.3	76.3	76.3	100		100	100	100	NT	56.7	48.4	26.5	25.7	29.0	26.7
7	B. henselae	45.7	76.3	76.3	76.3	100	100		100	100	NT	56.7	48.4	26.5	25.7	29.0	26.7
8	B. henselae	45.7	76.3	76.3	76.3	100	100	100		100	NT	56.7	48.4	26.5	25.7	29.0	26.7
9	B. henselae	45.7	76.3	76.3	76.3	100	100	100	100		NT	56.7	48.4	26.5	25.7	29.0	26.7
10	B. clarridgeiae	40.0	61.5	61.5	61.5	64.1	64.1	64.1	64.1	64.1		NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT
11	B. quintana	43.5	50.0	50.0	50.0	59.5	59.5	59.5	59.5	59.5	61.5		65.4	33.3	36.7	42.3	45.8
12	B. elizabethae	42.9	48.9	48.9	48.9	54.3	54.3	54.3	54.3	54.3	55.8	59.1		34.5	37.9	38.5	47.8
13	B. grahamii	35.9	32.5	32.5	32.5	31.7	31.7	31.7	31.7	31.7	38.9	39.5	39.0		94.7	65.0	63.2
14	B. taylorii	42.1	31.7	31.7	31.7	31.0	31.0	31.0	31.0	31.0	37.8	38.5	41.5	86.4		61.9	68.4
15	B. doshiae	37.1	33.3	33.3	33.3	32.4	32.4	32.4	32.4	32.4	28.6	33.3	30.0	52.2	50.0		64.7
16	B. vinsonii	36.8	33.3	33.3	33.3	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	40.0	44.4	36.6	50.0	48.1	54.5

^aThe values on the upper right are the antigenic similarities of Bartonella spp. as determined by SDS-PAGE, and the values on the lower left are the antigenic similarities of Bartonella spp. as determined by immunoblotting with antiserum to B. henselae. 

^bNT, not tested.